Lead

Anord Mardix; West Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Anord Mardix, a Flex company, in Columbia, SC, is seeking a Lead to provide leadership and direction to groups of manufacturing staff on the production floor. You will drive performance, coach teams, and coordinate daily plans to ensure quality and on-time delivery.

Reporting to the Associate Production Supervisor, this role emphasizes process improvement, operation efficiency, and strong communication across shifts while maintaining safety and quality standards in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Leads manufacturing line teams and provides expert guidance.
• Broad knowledge of line techniques and process improvements.
• Applies new manufacturing technologies/techniques.
• Effective in one-on-one and small group presentations.
• Ability to analyze with math concepts (probability, geometry, trig).

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to non-exempt production staff.
• Monitor performance, give feedback, and conduct evaluations.
• Coordinate daily production plans and resource requirements.
• Support budget planning and manage department expenses.
• Identify bottlenecks, material shortages, and escalate as needed.
• Communicate across shifts and maintain department boards.
• Ensure adherence to quality indicators and safety standards.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Process improvement

Communication skills

Problem solving

Data & analytics basics

Job description

Anord Mardix, a Flex company, is a global leader in critical power solutions. With facilities around the globe, Anord Mardix leads in critical power infrastructure, supporting a myriad of industries, from financial institutions to data centres. At Anord Mardix, we welcome people of all backgrounds. We develop skill sets, encourage curiosity, and enable empowerment – we turn jobs into careers. If this sounds interesting, we’d like to meet you.

Flex intends to spin off its Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment into a new, independent publicly traded company, Axiom, with the spin planned for Q1 2027. If the intended spin occurs, this role will support Axiom, a company focused on critical digital infrastructure and delivering end-to-end power and thermal management solutions for AI data centers and other mission‑critical applications.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Lead located in Columbia, SC.

Reporting to the Associate Production Supervisor the Lead role is responsible for providing leadership and direction to groups of non-exempt employees.

What a typical day looks like:

• Providing ongoing feedback on performance of individuals through both formal and informal evaluations.
• Initiating and participating in process development and cost improvement projects.
• Coordinating people resource requirements for the department.
• Assisting in department budget planning and manage department expenses.
• Communicating daily plan and any production or customer service issues
• Highlighting material shortages, interface with Expediter/Purchasing on any part shortages
• Recognizing and monitor bottlenecks.
• Reporting and alerting resources concerning downtime.
• Interfacing with Test Support/Maintenance on equipment problems.
• Tracking time for NPI/Pre-production/re-work.
• Communicating with opposite shift to ensure communication flow.
• Updating department communication boards.
• Following quality indicators. Stop and alert if predefined indicators are below target.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Serves as an expert/consultant in manufacturing line skills with other employees.
• Demonstrates broad knowledge of manufacturing line techniques and may improve processes.
• Applies new technologies/ techniques.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees, and supervisors of the organization
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Anord Mardix is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the recruitment process. Please advise us of any accommodations you may need by e-mailing: [e-mail].